3 for 2! Another blockbuster deal! His NBA career is over

On October 18, Beijing time, the Rockets officially announced: the team traded Kevin Porter Jr. and two second-round picks to the Thunder in exchange for Oladipo and Robinson Earle. It is also reported that the two second-round picks are 2027 (from the Timberwolves) and 2028 (from the Bucks)! Then the Thunder announced that they would cut Kevin Porter Jr.

Going forward, the Rockets will continue to seek to trade Oladipo to upgrade the roster. Born on November 3, 2000, Robinson Earle is 2.03 meters tall and averaged 6.8 points and 4.2 rebounds per game with the Thunder last season. Since they don't keep Oladipo, why did the Rockets post two second-round picks backwards to trade? Just to clean up Porter Jr.'s contract!

On October 17, 2022, the Rockets renewed Porter Jr. for 4 years, $63 million, and the 2023-24 season began execution. The contract is fully covered for only the first year ($15.86 million) and $1 million for the second three years. Oladipo will earn $9.45 million next season, while Robinson-Earl will earn $1.9 million.

This time to cut Porter Jr., the Thunder needs to pay $16.86 million! Comparing the salaries of these three people, you can understand Thunder's intentions: it is equivalent to spending $5.5 million on two second-round picks, which is not expensive. Over the next 7 years, the Thunder have 15 first-round picks and 22 second-round picks. Looking at 2024 alone, the Thunder has 4 first-rounders!

Throughout his Rockets career, Kevin Porter Jr. played in 146 games, averaging 17.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.2 steals while shooting 42.8%, 36.1% and 72% from three-field range. The data looks good, why did the Rockets trade him for a reverse pick? Too much trouble off-site! Last month, Porter Jr. was arrested in New York on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend.

Unexpectedly, after Porter Jr. was traded by rockets today, the domestic violence incident was reversed! The woman, Kysre Gondrezick, responded in an interview with the New York Post: "Little Porter didn't hit me, he didn't hit me in the face with his fists!" The previous report was a lie, and I didn't have any injuries on my body to prove that Porter Jr. was violent. ”

Everyone should remember that after the domestic violence incident, Porter Jr. was directly arrested by the New York police. At that time, the woman's sister announced the number of Little Porter and threatened to beat Little Porter! How did it become no fight now? Fans are also not fools, thinking that Porter Jr. is spending money to settle privately. The most liked reply below: Mayweather has a bunch of dollars in front of him!

On the new season of Rockets Media Day, general manager Stone said publicly in an interview: "I informed Porter Jr.'s agent that he can no longer be part of the Rockets. "Porter Jr. has a short NBA career, but he has committed many crimes! In the Cavaliers and the general manager, when the Rockets clashed with the assistant coach, in 2021 smashed a nightclub!

In the 2022-23 season, Porter Jr. averaged 19.2 points, 5.3 boards, 5.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 44.2%, 36.6%, and 78.4% from three-point range. At the age of 23, he still has room for improvement! With being cut by the Thunder, Porter Jr.'s NBA career is over! The NBA team is not a fool, and although his girlfriend came out to clarify, it didn't help.

The worse is Oladipo, who underwent repair surgery for a torn patellar tendon in his left knee in April this year! Now that Audi has resumed training, it should be able to catch up with the new season. In the 2022-23 regular season, Oladipo averaged 10.7 points, 3 boards, 3.5 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 39.7%, 33% and 74.7% from the field.

In July, the Heat sent Oladipo + 2 second-round picks to the Thunder. Now the Thunder sent Oladipo to the Rockets and got 2 more second-round picks. As soon as Audi came and went, the Thunder earned 4 second-round picks! In just three months, three teams have changed, and the Rockets will not keep him next, and Oladipo has become an NBA bum!

From January to March 2021, Oladipo played 20 games for the Rockets, averaging 21.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5 assists per game, when he rejected the Rockets' offer for a two-year, $45.2 million contract extension. Do you regret it now?